Concrete MonolithsI pass these strange structures when travelling north on US I-57 on the way up to Chicago.
From the interstate it is even more difficult to see what they are, so one day I decided to drive up to them and take a closer look.
They straddle or used to straddle the railroad tracks, I think they must be some type of grain sorting structure.
At any rate it was a beautiful summer evening so I captured them with a stunning sunset as a backdrop.
Drawbridge at MidnightStark, austere, industrial. This black and white photo of the St. Joseph bridge reminds me of a vintage 1950s picture.
I took this in the fall of 2010.
I don’t really remember how I got this photo without a ship in the shot as well. Normally they lower the bridge pretty quickly to avoid further disruptions to traffic flow, however since this was later at night, maybe the bridge operator was a bit slower at the switch.
This was of course originally taken in colour, but I thought that the black and white version provided a better feel.
One of my connections on twitter gave me some good feedback on my Drawbridge photo. I asked her if she wanted to see the colour version, and she said she did. So in addition to the “original” black and white version, I’ve added a colour version, and a sepia version.
Which do you like best?
Let me know in the comments section!
An Oliphaunt
This is another photo from my trip to the St. Louis Zoo, and what visit to the zoo would be complete without seeing the elephants?
I couldn’t get a sense of how big this guy was, there weren’t any reference subjects around him for scale. The ole Nikon 80-200mm
It is quickly becoming my favorite lens.
Some other people seemed to like my camera as well. I had one person offer me to trade cameras, and a random zoo employee said to me “I like your camera, sir.”
I felt like a celebrity…
…a little bit.
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